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Stories of Hope and Spirit: Folktales from Eastern Europe
77 pp.
| August |
October, 2004 |
TradeISBN 0-87483-760-X$$18.95
(3)
4-6
Keding's grandmother, the source of many of these simply told but effective tales, was from Croatia, and the author tells us in his introduction that she felt strongly about the moral lessons that she passed along in her stories. With variants of well-known stories, such as "Nail Soup," and lesser-known tales of princes and peasants, this volume of twelve stories provides many opportunities for traditional storytelling. Bib.